#i'm just tired of useless fear mongering. clicking the sunglasses link isn't going to kill you i promise

[bonni]

ok for the last fucking time. your login info can't be stolen just by clicking a link. this misinfo is dangerous for 2 reasons:

it'll unnecessarily freak out people who accidentally click the links

it lets people convince themselves that their login info is safe as long as they don't click the links

hacking is occuring because of phishing and mass password leaks on dark web databases. while the former is fairly avoidable, the latter is not. I've had multiple strong passwords leaked before despite having plenty of security measures on my devices. don't assume that your blog is safe from being hacked; it's not. the best thing you can do is enable 2-factor authentication. and while you're at it, do this for your email accounts as well, and any other social media website that supports it. as technology advances and hackers come up with new tricks, our old methods of account security become ineffective; it's a fact of life. take it from someone who's had their personal email hacked: a strong password is not enough anymore.

#chatter #and for the love of god stop reblogging that stupid post. you can reblog this instead if you want #i'm just tired of useless fear mongering. clicking the sunglasses link isn't going to kill you i promise #i mean obviously don't click strange links if you can avoid it... but that's really not the issue here